Motorola to make Nexus smartphone: reports

Google's Nexus smartphone program, which has shifted hands from HTC and Samsung to LG, could soon be made by Motorola, according to multiple reports.

VentureBeat writes that Google "is handing off the rights to the next Nexus smartphone to Motorola, which could release the device as soon as this fall."

"A 'pure' Google Nexus smartphone may just be the device Motorola was destined to make," the tech news site notes.

The Los Angeles Times also writes that the Nexus phone will be made by Motorola, while Google will have Taiwanese PC maker Asus build its next 10-inch Nexus tablet.

"Google is expected to release new versions of its Nexus devices later this year, just as it did in 2012, but reports this week indicate the Mountain View, Calif., company will be switching up its manufacturing partners," the Times writes.